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284: Every Day is Labor Day

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Flo is out sick, but Andy is still on it. The week's top stories include Andy's Black Friday finds and the span of Google's major labor troubles. Everything from why the National Labor Relations Board is going after Google to why it might have fired well-known AI ethicist Timnit Gebru. Andy also loses his mind over a DeepMind AI breakthrough, then cleanses your palate by asking Google for some holiday cheer.

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    • The Verge: Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges

    • Wired: A Prominent AI Ethics Researcher Says Google Fired Her

    • Ars Technica: DeepMind AI handles protein folding, which humbled previous software

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